LankaWeb – Duminda Silva pardon affair mishandled! Has the President been led up the garden path? lankaweb.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lankaweb.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted on July 10th, 2021
By : A.A.M.NIZAM – ,MATARA
Freedom to Duminda
Silva : Presidential Commission dismisses a seven-judge ruling
The Presidential
Commission to Investigate incidents of Political Revenge has recommended to
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that former parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who was
sentenced to death in connection with the assassination of former
parliamentarian Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, should have been acquitted and
released.
The Commission
decided that Duminda Silva should have been acquitted of all charges in the
indictment filed against him in the Colombo High Court, the report said. The
three-member Presidential Commission, chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge
Upali Abeyratne, was appointed by the President on January 9, 2020. Retired
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